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GRADE 6 : Term 2 GEOGRAPHY

INSTRUCTIONS

Please complete all notes and activities in your workbooks

Write neatly

The activities on this booklet is correspondence with booklet

Introduction

This topic is about trade in South Africa and the world . Trade includes all

the ways people can make money by buying and selling or exchanging

resources. People trade natural resources , for example gold and wood .

People also trade things they make , such as jewellery and furniture.

Activity 1 : Why people trade ?

Define the following terms

a) Swop -

b) Trade -

c) Goods -

d) Value –

e) Exchange –

Activity 2 a : Exports and Imports

List 5 reasons in your class workbook , why a country would import goods or

services and export goods and services .

Activity 2 b : Read and examine the information on the map

Activity 3 : Read through the notes and answer the activites on the worksheet

Activity 4 : Copy the notes on Resources and their values , from the booklet

page 7 – 8

Activity 5 : Read notes on how chocolate is made and do the activity on page 9

Activity 6 : Read notes on worksheet and do activity that follow

Fair trade

Activity 1 : Case study

Read the story and answer the questions that follow in your class workbook.

Jacob earns a living by growing and harvesting cocoa beans on his

smallholding . It is hard work because cocoa trees only bear two harvests a

year . He only manages to collect 100kg of beans after each harvest , which he

sells to the trading company once they have dried . Jacob earns R100 for each

100kg he sells . This money has to last him 6 months until he can sell the next

harvest . Jacob has to feed his family with this money as he is only a bread

winner. The trader then sells Jacobs harvest to the producer for R 1000.00 ,

making a massive profit out of trading .

Questions

1) What is ‘unfair ‘ about this story ? Validate your answer with facts about

unfair trade.

2) Design a ‘fair trade ‘ logo for South African products in recognition of fair

trade.

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MISS HL BLACK